Hand bag



' Nov. 13, 1934. c, HIERWG 1,980,684

' HAND BAG Filed Jan. 50, 1932 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 13, 1934 UNITED STATES HAND BAG William O. Hiering, Newark, N. J., assigns! to J. E. Mergott Company, Newark, N. J., a cor poration of Delaware Application January 30, 1932, Serial No. 589,843

3 Claims.

i generally the custom to secure the hand bag covering material, usually leather or a fabric, to a metal frame by sewing. Also, in some instances the covering material is secured to the frame member by clamping means. Such expedients for securing the fabric to the frame member are usually satisfactory when the frame member is of the U-shaped type in which the free ends of a pair of U-shaped frame members are hingedly connected. But when a pair of rectangular frame members are used, well known clamping means and sewing, are objectionable in that they do not properly provide for the securing of the material at the four corners of the rectangular frame member, resulting in an unfinished and unsightly hand bag. Also, it is a difficult task to sew material neatly to a rectangular frame member, and it is impractical to clamp the material to the frame member by well known means because of the difficulty and cost of manufacture.

It is an object of this invention to provide a hand bag having rectangular frame members having means to enable covering material to be easily and neatly attached thereto.

A further object is the provision of rectangular channelled bag frame members having inlays for each side of the rectangle to receive the covering material, the frame members having attached thereto spaced lugs which are bent to clamp the,

inlays in the channels.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hand bag embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing details of rectangular frame members used in the hand Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views showing steps in securing bag covering material to a frame member in accordance with the invention,

Figure 7 is a perspective View of a portion of a frame having covering material attached thereto, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view showing an ex- 5 pedient for compensating for the bunching of material in a frame member having curved corners.

Referring to the drawing, in Figure 1 is shown a hand bag having a pair of similar channelled rectangular frame members 3, 4, hingedly connected along their lower longitudinal s ides. Each frame member is made from a suitable blank of material of rectangular shape which is bent to provide a rectangular channel'having an inner side wall 10 having outer and inner flanges Q 11, 12, directed outwardly at right angles thereto. The inner flange 12 is provided with a plurality of spaced lugs 13 having holes 16 to enable them to be easily bent to a position parallel'with the inner side wall 10.

In each side of the rectangular frame is positioned a channelled inlay 14 made of bendable material, said inlays having their adjacent ends mitered to provide a neat fit at the corners of the frame.

The covering material 15, usually leather or a fabric, is first inserted in the inlay 14, which is then clamped tightly about the material. The inlay is then positioned in the channelled frame member and the lugs 13 bent parallel to the inner wall 10 to securely hold the inlay in position as shown in Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6. When the corners of the frame member are square as shown in Figure 2, the mitered ends of the inlays enable I the material to be neatly and conveniently secured to the frame member without bunching.

When the corners 20 of the frame member are curved, it is necessary to compensate for the bunching of the material. This is accomplished by providing a flat plate 21, curved to coincide, with the curvature of the corner 20. The ends of the plate are riveted or otherwise secured to adjacent lugs 13. The plate 21, will hold the covering material flatly in the curved corner, so that the appearance of the covering material at the corners is neat and finished.

While I have shown a rectangular frame member, it is obvious that the frame member may be of any shape, such as a circle, ellipse, hexagon, etc., without departing from the spirit of my invention. Regardless of the shape, the frame member would be formed from an endless flat blank which would be bent to provide an inner side wall having flanges directed outwardly to provide a channel. One of the flanges would be provided with lugs, and inlays would be formed in accordance with the shape of the frame member.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as rellQ strictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim .as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hand bag, a pair of interlatching, hingedly connected corresponding frame members, each frame member being made from a suitable blank of material of rectangular shape and channel shaped in cross section, having an inner side wall and having outer and inner flanges directed outwardly at right angles thereto, said frame members being hingedly connected together so that they may close with adjacent inner side walls touching each other, the inner flange of each frame member being of considerably less height than the outer flange and being provided with a plurality of spaced lugs, provided with apertures to enable them to be easily bent to a position parallel with the side wall, inlays positionedin the channels of the rectangular frame, said inlays having their adjacent ends mitered to provide a neat fit at the corners of the frames, bag covering material clamped tightly in the inlays, said inlays being clamped securely between said lugs and'side wall.

2. In a hand bag, a frame member made from a single blank of material of rectangular shape and channel shaped in cross section, having an inner side wall and having outer and inner flanges directed outwardly therefrom, the inner flange being of considerably less height than the outer flange and being provided with lugs parallel to said inner side Wall, flat inlays clamped to the marginal extremities of a piece of bag covering material, said inlays being positioned in the frame member between said inner side wall and lugs, with their closed ends adjacent the inner, narrow flange, and their open ends adjacent the outer, wider flange, whereby the inlays are securely clinched within the frame member and the bag covering material is held taut in the frame member, the outer, wider flange covering the open ends of the inlays and the bag covering material concealing the inlays and lugs.

3. In a hand bag, a frame member made from a single blank of material of rectangular shape and channel shaped in cross section, having an inner side wall and having outer and inner flanges directed outwardly therefrom, the inner flange member between saidinner side wall andlu'gs, with their closed ends adjacent the inner, nar

row flange, and their open ends adjacent the outer wider flange, whereby the inlays are securely clinched within the frame member and the bag covering material is held taut in the frame member, the outer, wide flange covering the open,

ends of the inlays and the bag covering material concealing the inlays and lugs. WILLIAM C. HIERING. 

